Sir, – The climate crisis is real and action must be taken in Ireland and everywhere to tackle it.
I’m struck, however, by the way the measures the Green Party insist we need to take disproportionately impact rural Ireland and especially farmers.
A carbon tax to get people out of cars makes sense only if you have adequate public transport infrastructure, which is not the case anywhere in the west of Ireland.
Reducing our national cattle herd, and now the ban on selling turf to a neighbour, are measures that put extreme pressure on hard-working small farmers, many of whom already work an additional job to make ends meet.
Measures that would impact city dwellers, like a congestion charge in Dublin targeted at commuters who could take public transport but choose to drive, never get a mention. Corporate pollution is barely mentioned as data centre after data centre opens.
Why is rural Ireland targeted first and most often? – Is mise,
KATIE HARRINGTON,
Chair,
Labour Party,
Galway East,
Dunmore,
Co Galway.